Letter, from Robert FitzRoy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Meteorological Dept., B.o.T.

Reference number: HS/7/253

Date: 10 May 1861

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for sending his Physical Geography. Wonders whether a rainbow could be reflected to the eye from water. Startled to read J. R. Hind's letter about the comet. Encloses a letter from a railway surveyor about an earthquake in Mendoza. This person has been responsible for the railway between Chile and Peru. Comments on the gradients and working of the line.

Reference number: HS/7/253
Earliest possible date: 10 May 1861
Page extent: 12 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Robert FitzRoy, Letter, from Robert FitzRoy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Meteorological Dept., B.o.T., 10 May 1861, HS/7/253, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_253/letter-from-robert-fitzroy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-meteorological-dept-bot, accessed on 14 June 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 7 Eardley Wilmot-F
1820-1871 Reference number: HS/7

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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